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Captain of 2011 & 2012 Tar
Heels • a three-year returning letter winner • started most of the 2009 season
in the midfield, primarily at playmaking center midfielder • moved into a
full-time starting position in 2010 as the playmaking center midfielder and
played that role again on the 2011 squad • played in the summer of 2011 as a
member of the Vancouver Whitecaps in the W League with UNC teammate Ranee
Premji • competed for the U.S. Women’s National U23 Team in 2011 & 2012
after playing in 2010 for the U20 National Team as a defender • a Veteran
Leader in the Carolina Leadership Academy Program • member of UNC
Student-Athlete Advisory Council.

Junior Season (2011)

Started 19 games for the Tar
Heels, missing only the Clemson game when she was away training with the
National Team • was Carolina’s third-leading scorer with 14 points • tied for
the team lead in assists with eight • had the game-winning assist on a goal by
Courtney Jones to beat Notre Dame in overtime • had two assists in the win over
Houston • scored the game-winning goal at Ohio State on a penalty kick • had a
great weekend in Florida, recording a goal and an assist in wins over Florida
State and Miami • she notched the game-winning goals in both of those contests
assisted on the game-winning goal in a 1-0 triumph over Duke • copped
first-team All-ACC honors • second-team All-Southeast Region selection by the
NSCAA • named a second-team Capital One Academic All-America by College Sports
Information Directors of America • also earned Academic All-District honors
•All-ACC Academic Team selection • named to the 2012 ACC Academic Honor Roll,
the fall semester 2011 Dean’s List and the 2012 spring semester Dean’s List • named
by Top Drawer Soccer To Its Preseason Top 100 list for 2011 • named the team’s
top midfielder and won the “Gift of Fury” Award.

Sophomore Season (2010)

A second-team All-ACC selection •
copped honors on the second-team NSCAA All-Southeast Region squad. • named to
the 2010 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List • 2010 Top Drawer Soccer preseason
Player To Watch in the ACC • tapped for the Dean’s List in both semesters of
the 2010-11 school year • named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the second
straight year • mentioned on the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week on
October 18, 2010 • named a CS360 Primetime Performer on October 18, 2010 •
named to first-team CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-District Team for District III •
one of UNC’s most durable performers in 2010, she started all 23 games and
played 1,701 minutes • was Carolina’s sixth-leading scorer with 16 points and
tied for fifth on the team with seven goals • scored the first goal of her
career in 3-0 win at Texas A&M on August 20 • her second-half goal proved
to be the game-tying tally in a 2-2 decision against Stanford on August 27 •
assisted on Kealia Ohai’s game-winning goal against Virginia Tech on September
26 • had first multi-goal game in win over Miami with a pair of tallies •
scored the game-winning goals versus Clemson on October 21 and in NCAA
Tournament second round win over James Madison on November 14.

Freshman Season (2009)

Played in 27 matches as a
freshman • started four successive matches against Auburn, Duke, Wake Forest
and Boston College and started again at Florida State • then started the last
10 games of the season at playmaking center midfield as the Tar Heels went 10-0
in those matches en route to the ACC Tournament and NCAA Tournament titles •
was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team • a Soccer America first-team
All-Freshman Team choice • tapped for Top Drawer Soccer’s second-team
All-Rookie squad •played 1,591 minutes,
including a season-high 84 minutes against Boston College in the ACC Tournament
semifinals • assisted on three goals, one each against UCLA, UCF and the
regular-season win over Wake Forest •reaped significant academic honors • was named to the ACC Academic Honor
Roll • tapped for the All-ACC Academic Women’s Soccer Team • a Dean’s List selection
in both the fall semester 2009 and the spring semester 2010 • won team’s rookie
of the year award.

ODP, National Teams & Club Soccer

Current
member of the U.S. U23 National Team where she serves as captain • was the MVP
of the Four Nations Tournament in La Manga, Spain as the U.S. won the
championship • also led Americans to title in Three Nations Tournament in
Norway in 2012 • capped with the U.S. U23 National Team in 2011, making
international trips to La Manga, Spain and Falun, Sweden • started on defense
for the U20 National Team in the 2010 U20 World Cup in Germany • played
a prominent role for the U17s when they captured the silver medal in the
inaugural U17 World Cup • she played the holding center midfield spot and started
five games, playing every minute of those games and wore the captain’s band for
two of them, including the final against North Korea • had an assist in the
quarterfinal game against South Korea and another assist in the 81st minute of
the semifinal game against Germany which sent the USA through to the finals • a
consistent presence on the back line for the U17s in 2008, she started all 12
matches the team played heading into the U17 World Cup • started all five
matches at the CONCACAF U17 qualifying tournament and was one of two players to
play every minute of the tournament • had two goals and one assist in
qualifying, with her two scores coming in a win over El Salvador • played with
the U16s in 2007, scoring a goal in a win over Brazil • played a year up with
the U.S. U16s in 2006 • member of Eastern Pennsylvania state team from 2003-09
• that team won Region 1 ODP Tournament in 2008 • member of Region 1 ODP team
from 2004-2009 • traveled internationally to Barbados, Spain, Brazil, and
Russia with the team • since she was 14 she played for Arsenal World Class
under coach Kazbek Tambi • Tar Heels Yael Averbuch and Brittani Bartok also
played on that club team • was an NSCAA Youth All-America 2006-08 • Aresenal
World Class won the U18 state title, captured the regional title and took third
at nationals in 2007 • also played for Vincent United, Langhorne Strikers,
which won the EPA State title in 2004, and Lenape Valley • played U9 through
U11 with the New Hope Cobras boys team and continued to play secondarily for
them until U15.

Prep

Attended the Pennington School in
New Jersey • scored 62 goals and had 30 assists through her first three years
of high school soccer for a total of 154 points • did not play high school
soccer as a senior due to a knee injury and National Team commitments • as a
freshman in 2005, she was the leading scorer in Mercer County with 28 goals as
well as a first-team All-County honoree • as a sophomore she was the leading
scorer on her team with 18 goals and was again first-team All-County • as a
junior, she led the Red Raiders to their fifth straight Prep A championship and
second Mercer County title • named first-team All-County and a Parade Magazine
All-America as a junior • the team finished the 2008 season undefeated at 18-0,
winning its sixth straight Prep-A state championship and its third MCT
Championship in five years • that season Pennington was ranked by the NSCAA and
ESPN Rise as the No. 1 team in the nation • winner of the 2008 NSCAA Girls’
Scholar Athlete of the Year Award • ranked by ESPN Rise as the No. 1 recruit in
the nation in 2009 • also a member of Pennington’s track and field team for
four years, running the 100 and 200 meters and competing in the long jump • was
the long jump state champion in 2007 • made Dean’s List high honors at Pennington
all four years • missed over 100 school days in her four years due to National
Team events but has managed to still maintain a GPA of 4.11 • was the Sophomore
Class Valedictorian • member ofNational
Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society.

Personal

Full name is Amber Jean Brooks •
born January 23, 1991, in Evansville, Ind. • her mother, Jean Brooks, played on
Ashland University’s men’s soccer team from 1976-79 • her father, Allan, played
soccer at LeMoyne College (N.Y.) from 1975-79 • had an older brother who ran
track at Colgate • communications major • carries over a 3.8 cumulative GPA at
UNC • in the community service realm she helped establish “Heel Date” program
for Carolina Dreams • founded Score For The Cure 3v3 tournament in honor of
Charlotte Moran with proceeds going to the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic
Cancer Research.

Up Close With Amber Brooks

Section #1: Soccer

1. The best things about being a
Tar Heel soccer player are competing and playing with the best every day and
the family atmosphere.

2. My favorite thing about
competing for Coach Dorrance is his motto of living life on a never-ending
ascension.

3. Since my last competitive
season, the aspect of my training I’ve worked on the most are my fitness and
finishing.

4. My best friend on another
college soccer team is Maddy Evans of Penn State.

5. My greatest strengths as a
soccer player are competitiveness and heading ability.

Section #2: Interests

1. Away from the pitch and
academic pursuits, I like to spend time with family and friends.

2. On a long bus trip, I’d like
to watch The Hangover.

3. If I could compete in another
sport at UNC it would be basketball. It’s my second favorite sport.

4. If I received free concert
tickets via a radio or internet promotion I would love to see No One!After seeing Bruce Springsteen and the
E-Street Band live in Sevilla and meeting him in person, I no longer have a
desire to go to other concerts

5. The one interest I have that
people would be surprised to know is collecting quotes.

Section #3: Food & Beverage

1. After a game at Fetzer I’d
love to see a buffet spread at McCaskill that includes Chik-fil-a chicken and
fries, Gloria Averbuch’s chocolate pumpkin bread and bananas.

2. My
favorite beverage is chocolate milk.

3. I’m allowed to enter a room
with unlimited snacks, one room has the salty stuff, the other sweet
stuff?I enter the Sweet Room. I need a
little something sweet after each meal to be completely satisfied.

4. My favorite food made by a
relative is roast beef and Yorkshire pudding by Grandma Brooks.

5. On my birthday, I’d love to be
treated by my friends to dinner at P.F. Changs or Bell’s Tavern.

Section #4: Personality

1. If I possessed the gift of
time travel I would go to New Hope, Pa. in 1995.I was four years old, just began playing
soccer and didn’t have a worry in the world!

2. My most prized personal possession
is my bonkeys (blankets I’ve slept with since I was a toddler).

3. If I could go to dinner with a
famous person it would be Bruce Springsteen.

4. My dream job is playing
professional soccer.

5. The most interesting person
I’ve met in my time at UNC is Tom Sander. He can do anything.